Edge setting and indenting machine.



Z. BBAUDRY.

EDGE: SETTING AND INDENTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1914.

1, 125,894. 10 Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

l U I Zrwsses" riwm/zfimz MM 6 Quiz-WM HE NuRR/s PETERS CO.,PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHING TON. D C.

\ NITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ZOTIQUE IBEAUDRY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOP. TO HAMEL SHOE MA-CHINERY CO. INC., 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU-SETTS.

EDGE SETTING AND INDENTING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. it), 1915.

Application filed January 10, 1914. Serial No. 811,470.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essexand State of .Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Edge Setting and Indenting Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a machine for setting and indenting the edgesof the soles of boots and shoes.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character setforth which will operate to set or burnish the edge of the sole of aboot "or shoe and at the same time will indent the upper edge portion ofsaid sole.-

In the machine of this invention a rotary edge setting tool is employedfor setting the edge of the sole and in combination therewith a rotaryindenting tool is utilized for indenting the upper edge portion of saidsole, the indenting tool being free to rotate relatively tothe edgesetting tool so that while the edge setting tool is rapidly andpositively rotated by suitable means, the indenting tool rotates only tothe extent that it may be rotated by the movement of the edge of thesole of the shoe in contact therewith. Said indenting tool ispreferably, al-

though not necessarily, arranged slightly eccentric to the edge settingtool and in its preferred form has a shank attached thereto which isadapted to rotate in an eccentric bearing provided in the shaft to whichthe edge setting tool is fastened, so that the indenting tool can rotateand also have imparted thereto a rapid movement trans versely of theshaft upon which it is mounted. Thus the indentations in the sole madeby the indenting tool are rendered much more distinct and perfect, dueto this transverse movement of the tool than would be the case if theindenting tool simply had a rotary motion imparted thereto. In otherwords, the corrugations of the indenting tool may. be given a movementtransversely of the shaft upon which the tool is mounted, which resultsin a rubbing motion of the corrugations of the indenting toollongitudinally of said corrugations, and transversely of the sole oftheshoe. it is also desirable, in some instances, to impart a reciprocatorymotion to the indenting tool longitudinally of the shaft upon which itis mounted or laterally of the indenting tool itself and'of the soleagainst which the corrugations of the indenting tool bear, and myinvention contemplates the employment of means whereby a lateralmovement may be imparted to the indenting tool as well as a movement ofsaid indenting tool trans versely of the sole or of the shaft upon whichit is mounted.

While 1 have illustrated my invention as embodying an indenting toolwhich has means for imparting a movement thereto transversely of thesole and of the shaft upon which it is mounted, I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting my invention to this specific embodiment thereof,as the indenting tool may be mounted concentric with the edge settingtool without departing from the spirit of my invention. I believe it tobe new, however, to combine a rotary edge setting tool with a rotaryindenting tool, the rotary indenting tool being free to rotaterelatively to the edge setting tool and the edge setting tool havingmeans whereby the same may be positively and rapidly rotated.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion ofan edge setting machine embodying my invention and having shown inconnection therewith a portion of a shoe in section in position to beoperated upon. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4- is a detailsection taken on line of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of amodified form of my invention showing the same as applied to a differentform of edge setting machine and showing a portion of a shoe in sectionin connection therewith and in position to be operated upon. 7

Like numerals refer to like parts through out the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, 10 is the frame ofthe machine in which is journaled a shaft 11. Said shaft is rotated by apulley 12 driven by a belt 13 and rotates in suitable bearings 14: and15 in the frame of the machine. A rotary edge setting tool 16 isfastened to one end of the shaft 11 and in the operation of the machineis rapidly rotated to burnish or set the edge of the sole of the shoewhich is held thereagainst by the operator in a manner well-known tothose skilled in this art.

The shaft 11 has a bore 17 therein which is eccentric thereto, andwithin this bore is rotatably mounted a spindle 18, to the outer end ofwhich is fastened a rotary indenting tool 19, said indenting tool beingheld firmly on the spindle 18 by a screw 20' ing tool 19 is free torotate independently of,

the shaft'll and in operationthe outer edge of the sole 24 of the shoe25 is held in contact with the portion 26 of the edge setting tool 16,while the upper edge portion of the sole bears against the corrugations23 on the indenting tool 19.

An arm 27 bears against the head of the screw 20 and prevents theindenting tool and its'spi-ndle from moving longitudinally of the shaftexcept to a slight extent, as, for example, where a slight difierence inthickness of thesole occurs,in' which case the arm 27 is capable ofyielding slightly to allow for such variation, it being noted that thearm 27 is curved slightly and is somewhat resilient. The arm .27 isadjustably fastened by means of a set-screw 28 to a bracket 29 which isfastened to the frame 10 of the machine.

In order to hold the upper edge portion of the sole 24: firmly and stillyieldingly against the corrugated portion of the indenting tool 19, apresser foot 30 is pro vided. This presser foot is adapted to slide uponastem 31 which is adjustably fastened by aset-screw 32 to a bracket 33which, in

turn, is fastened to the frame of the machine. The distance to which thepresser foot 30 can slide in one direction on-the stem-31 is limited bya shoulder 34 on said stem and in the opposite direction the dis tanceto whichsaid presser foot can slide is limited by a collar 35 fast tosaid presser foot and adapted to abut against a stop 36 having screwthreaded engagement with a pin 37 which is fastened to a collar 38, the

collar 38 being fastened to the stem 31 by a set-screw 39.

A spring 40,'under compression, is interposed between the collar 38 andthe collar 35, thus tending to move the presser foot 7 at. all timestowardthe shoe and to hold the collar35 again'st'the stop nut 36; WVhenproperly set in relation to the other parts of the machine, the faceofthe presser foot 30 which bears against the tread of the sole shouldbe in such a position that it will be necessary to compress the spring40 and move the collar 35 away from the stop nut 36 when the sole of theshoe is placed in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 in readi ness to beoperated upon by the machine.

The general o 'aeration of the mechanism hereinbefore described andillustrated in. Figs. 1 to 1 inclusive is .as follows: The operatorholds the shoewith the outer edge of the sole bearing against'theportion 26 of the edge setting tool 16 and with the upper edge portionof the sole 24 hearing against the corrugations 23 on the beading. tool1.9, said sole being held in this position firmly and yieldingly by thepresser foot 30 with its coasting spring 40. The edge setting tool 16rotated rapidly by the shaft 11 and burnishes or sets the edge of thesole while at the same time the operator turns the shoe into differentpositions to bring all of the portions of the edge of the fore partofthe sole in contact with the periphery of therapidly rotating edgesetting tool 16. While thus moving the sole into different positions theindenting 'tool will be rotated by frictionalv contact with the upperedge portion of the sole and at the same time a rapid movement will beimindenting tool, but a reciprocatory move- 7 ment transversely of saldshaftis also impartedlthereto, whereby a rubbing action takes placebetween the corrugations23 and the leather with which they are incontact, said rubbing movement being in a direction longitudinallyof'said corrugations and transversely of said shaft and thus theflin-fdentations upon the upper edge of the sole are distinctly'andpermanently produced.

In Fig. 5 a modified form ofmy invention is illustrated in which theinvention is embodiedin' a machine wherein the shoe is held upon a jackand the edge setting mechanism is moved around the shoe, the frame ofsaid machine being suspended in such aimanner as to allow the edgeburnishing tool and the indenting tool to be moved backwardlyandforwardly around the sole of the shoe while the shoe is supportedupon a jack and tipped thereon to coact with the mechanism in enablingthe edge burnishing tact with all portions of the edge of the fore partof the sole of the shoe.

Referring now to Fig. 5, a1 is the rotary edge setting tool and 4L2 theindenting tool, said indenting tool being mounted to rotate freely witha spindle 43 to which said indenting tool is fastened and which iseccentrically mounted within the shaft 50. The shaft is mounted in asuitable bearing 541- in the frame 4C6 of the machine and is rotated bymeans of a pulley 51. The spindle 4:3 is freeto move to a slight extentlongi- -tudinally thereof in the shaft 50 and a longitudinal movementisimparted to said spindle L3 and the indenting tool 42 fast thereto bya collar 52 which has an inclined or cam-shaped surface thereon whichbears against a similarly inclined on cam shaped surface 56 on the endof the shaft 50, so that as the shaft 50 is rotated a reciprocatorymotion will be imparted to the spindle 4:3 and to the indenting tool 42,the spindle being moved toward the right (Fig. 5) by reason of theinclined surfaces 55 and 56 on the collar 52 and shaft 50 respectivelyand said spindle being moved toward the left when released by therotation of the shaft 50 relatively to the collar 52 by the resilientnature of the leather which forms the sole 2% which, slightly expandingwhen released from extreme pressure, causes the indenting tool 42 tomove toward the left as soon as the inclined surfaces 55 and 56 assumepositions relatively to each other which allow of such movement. A.presser foot arm 14 is pivoted at 45 to the frame 46 and is held by aspring 47 under compression against the tread of the sole 24:. Saidspring encircles a rod 18 fast tothe frame as and bears at one endthereof against a collar 49 adjustably fastened to the rod 48, while theother end of said spring bears against the arm 44, whereby said arm isheld at its outer end against the tread of the sole of the shoe and thuspresses the sole of the shoe against the corrugations of the indentingtool 42.

The operation of this embodiment of my invention is as follows; The shoeis placed upon a jack (not shown in the drawings, but well known tothose skilled in the art) and the edge setting tool and indenting toolbrought into contact with the edge of the sole 24. Then by a combinedtipping of the shoe upon the jack and a swinging movement of the frame&6 the edge setting tool and indenting tool are carried around the edgeof the fore part of the sole of the shoe and the sole is thoroughlyburnished and indented. During this operation the indenting tool isrotated. It is also given a reciprocatory movement laterally thereof anda reciprocatory movement transversely of the spindle to which it isfastened.

While I have described the embodiment of my invention illustrated inFig. 5 as applied to a machine in which a jack is employed, it isevident that this embodiment scribed may be used concentric with theedge setting tool, it may be'used eccentric to the edge setting tool orit may be given a movement longitudinally of the shaft to which the edgesetting tool is fastened.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in combination, an edge setting tool adapted to engage the outeredge of said sole, means to rotate the same and an indenting tooladapted to engage the upper edge of said sole and rotatable relativelyto said edge setting tool.

2. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in combination, an edge setting tool adapted to engage the outeredge of said sole, means to rotate the same, an indenting tool adaptedto engage the upper edge of said sole and rotatable relatively to saidedge setting tool and means adapted to impart a lateral movement to saidindenting tool. 1

3. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in combination, an edge setting tool adapted to engage the outeredge of said sole, means to rotate the same, an indenting tool adaptedto engage the upper edge of said sole and rotatable relatively to saidedge setting tool, means adapted to move saldindenting tool laterallythereof and means adapted to move said indenting tool transversely ofsaid edge setting tool.

4. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in combination, a rotary shaft, an edge setting tool fastthereto and an indenting tool adapted to engage the upper edge portionof said sole, said indenting tool being eccentrically mounted withrespect to said shaft.

A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in com bination, a rotary shaft, an edge setting tool fastthereto and an indenting tool adapted to engage the upper edge portionof said sole, said indenting tool being eccentrically mounted withrespect to said shaft and free to rotate relatively to said shaft.

6. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in combination, a rotary shaft, an edge setting tool fastthereto, an indenting tool adapted toengage the upper edge portion ofsaid sole, said indenting tool being ec'eentrically mounted With respectto said shaft and free to rotate relatively to said shaft, and yieldingmeans adapted to bear against the tread of the sole of said shoe,whereby said sole is forced against said indenting tool.

7. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in

combination, an edge setting tool, means to impart a rotary motionthereto, a rotary indenting tool adapted to engage the upperedge'portion of said sole and means adapted to impart a motion to saidindenting tool transversely of said edge setting tool.

8. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving,

' combination, an edge setting tool, means to impart a rotary motionthereto, a rotaryincombination, a rotary shaft, an edge setting toolfast thereto, a spindle mounted to rotate in a bore provided in saidshaft and eccentric thereto and an indentingtool fast to said spindleand adapted to engage the upper edge'portion of said sole.

10. A machine for setting and indenting the edge of the sole of a shoehav1ng,.1n combination, a rotary shaft, an edge setting tool fastthereto, a spindle mounted to rotate in a bore provided in said shaftand Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, byaddressing' eccentric thereto,an indentingtool fast to said spindle andadapted to engage the upper edge portion of said sole and means adaptedto move said spindle and'indenting tool longitudinally of said shaft.

11. A machine for setting'andindenting the edge of the sole of a shoehaving, in

combination, arotary shaft, an edge setting tool fast thereto, aspindlemounted to ro tater in a bore provided in said shaft andforced againstsaid indenting tool and means adapted to move saidspindle longitudinallywithin said bore. I 12. A machine for setting and indenting the edge ofthe sole of a shoe having, in combination, a rotary shaft,-an edgesetting tool fast thereto, a spindle mounted to 1'0- tate in a boreprovided in said shaft, an indenting tool fast to said spindle andadapted to engage the upper edge of said sole and a collar on saidspindle adapted to engage the end of said shaft, the engaging surfacesof said collar and shaft being camshaped, whereby a reciprocatory motionmay be imparted to said spindle and indenting tool longitudinally ofsaid shaft. 1 g

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. y

ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY. Witnesses: I

. CI-nmmis S. Gooorne,

DANIEL A. RoLLINs.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

